Georg Braun (rider)

Georg Braun (born 2 September 1918 in Hechingen, Germany) was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

His first foray into racing in 1939 was ended by the war. In 1950, as a 32 year old "newcomer", he won 6 of 8 races with his supercharged DKW. These kind of engines were not allowed on international level, where Germans could compete again from 1951 onwards. Braun then rode several machines, like Horex and NSU Sportmax, or a 250cc Moto Parilla with which he finished 3rd [ [http://www.feldbergrennen.de/ergebnisse_1952.htm Feldbergrennen, Ergebnisse von 1952 ] ] in the Feldbergrennen at Oberreifenberg in the Taunus mountains.

In the 1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, he was jointly ranked, together with five others, in 17th place [http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1953/World+Standing/125cc alphabetically listed, Braun 18th] in the 125cc class, riding a Mondial. His sixth [http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1953/SPA/125cc (n.a.)] place at the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix had earned him a single point. In the 350cc and 500cc classes, he entered on Horex machines. [http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-1953.htm, http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-1954.htm]

The best result of his GP career [MotoGP.com [http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Georg+Braun Georg BRAUN] ] was scored in a wet race, ["Das Regenrennen, bei dem Werner Haas bereits in der ersten Runde gestürzt war, gewann der als Regenspezialist bekannte Österreicher Rupert Hollaus." [http://www.eggersdorfer.info/georgbraun/georg_braun.htm] ] the 1954 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix at Bern's Circuit Bremgarten. Riding a NSU he finished 2nd [ [http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1954/SWI/250cc Results & Statistics | The Official MotoGP Website ] ] behind Rupert Hollaus who took the checkered flag after 1 hour, 1min and 56 sec. This earned him 6 points and a sixth [ [http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1954/World+Standing/250cc Results and Statistics | The Official MotoGP Website ] ] rank in the 250cc class of the 1954 season.

The same year, Braun also finished sixth [ [http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1954/WGER/350cc Results & Statistics | The Official MotoGP Website ] ] [http://www.solitude-memorial.de/soli03res.htm] on a 350cc Horex at his home German motorcycle Grand Prix on Stuttgart's Solitudering, which ranked him 17th [ [http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1954/World+Standing/350cc Results and Statistics | The Official MotoGP Website ] ] with 4 points.

In 1955, he crashed at the Isle of Man TT. After recovering, he competed again at his home race on the Solitude. Due to lack of success, old age, and the declining motorcycle sales in Germany, he retired to operate an automobile repair shop and filling station in his home town of Hechingen, where he died a few years ago.

Literature

* Eugen K. Schwarz: "Porträt des Motorrad-Rennfahrers Georg Braun und seine Erfolge auf Horex, DKW und Parilla", MOTORRAD, 1955 [http://www.gtue-oldtimerservice.de/075,0065,02969,092-0-0,22606.html?PHPSESSID=5801f8de74a2d66642b4eb52a187c8ce]

References

External links

* http://www.eggersdorfer.info/georgbraun/georg_braun.htm de icon
* http://www.feldbergrennen.de/kurzbiographien.htm de icon
* http://www.feldbergrennen.de/ergebnisse_1954.htm de icon